Craig Kieswetter’s career as a cricketer will forever remain that of potential that was left unfulfilled by a freak accident.

The Somerset wicket-keeper was batting in a County Championship game against Northamptonshire in July 2014 when he was struck in the face by a David Willey bouncer that landed between the grille and visor on his helmet.

Kieswetter was left with a fractured cheek bone and broken nose as a result of the devastating impact, and although he returned to action for Somerset before the end of the 2014 season, all was not well.

Hampered by vision problems, Kieswetter took the 2015 season off in a bid to recover from his injuries, but the damage had been done.

In June 2015, Kieswetter announced his retirement from cricket aged just 27. A career that promised so far, and brought him 71 England caps in the one-day international and Twenty20 formats, cut tragically short.

Since retiring, South Africa-born Kieswetter has turned his attentions from the cricket pitch to the golf course, and in a second bid to reach the top of a chosen sport, he became a professional golfer towards the end of 2016.

Despite harbouring lofty ambitions, Kieswetter is yet to taste much success in his new career, with three European Tour events and 11 tournaments on the Middle East and North Africa Tour.